Play@YSDC

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:48 am**

This thread is for general Out of Character discussion, whether game-related or not. There is a separate thread for character creation, but feel free to ask questions here if you want.

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:39 pm**

*waves*

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:40 pm**

Just a quick comment about background, I'm not interrested in the characters history per se, your background should help make sense of your character and any wild and unussual skills you might have.

Here is the description for one of the charaters from the last set of playtesting.

Sukhveer Toor:
She is dark-haired, laughs a lot, tips in at 140 pounds, is 5 feet 5 inches tall, is 26 and will probably get a divorce unless her parents can arrange for her to marry a mountain climber. Her parents are traditional Indians who want to see their daughter succeed, but are better kept in the dark about Suhky's non traditional past times.

A Computer programmer by trade, she went to UCL(University College London), where, when she wasn't away with the university Venture Club studied Computer Science and maths. She left university three years ago and has been employed by Argos Trading, a faceless City forex trading firm ever since. By the time she left university with a 2:1, Sukhy had climbed Mont Blanc, Mount McKinley and made an attempt on the Eiger. Since she left University there have been three peaks in the Himalayas.

When she isn't climbing, Sukhy runs the eight miles into work every morning and works out most evenings. Sukhy has taken up Krav Maga after an unfortunate incident with some drunks one night last autumn when she was returning home. Last year she used her annual bonus to pay for some flying lessons although hasn't found the time to continue with it since.

Hope that gives you some idea of the sort of thing I'm looking for.

G

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:25 pm**

Sounds good. I need to think about character concept, but I'll get something pretty quick. Right now just leaning towards the dusty old professor. I actually haven't played one of those yet.

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:28 pm**

I was thinking of rolling up the professor, but my unique ability to roll 7 or less on EDU for all my characters persisted again. Rest of the stats were fine, but that 1 throws the whole character in the garbage unless I want to be 80. At least it was higher than my guy for the pit. Crap, just crap. Now I need to come up with another character with a 2nd grade education.

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:48 pm**

BenTheRat sent you a PM, send me a link to all the stats we'll work something out.

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:18 pm**

Hahaha, so much for that. G was gratious enough to let me have a re-roll. Invis-castle slapped me across the face and said you were an uneducated slob before, and you still are!!

I rolled a 7 again on 3d6 for edu for the awesome 10 and still in high school. So I'm thinking of doing something besides the prof. It's all good.

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:46 pm**

Oh and when your done with generating your character, can you please tell me why they are in Heathrow.

Cheers
G

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:56 am**

Liz has been on holiday in Paris, and she has just gotten back on her return flight. She is from London, though she goes to school at Cambridge.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:29 am**

I'm on it. I will roll my character's stats soon.

*EDIT: Character is posted.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:48 pm**

My stats are in, I just have to work my background and equipment up.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:19 pm**

Ok, character created with a bit of background. Not sure how he will fit in yet, but I'm sure we can come up with something.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:44 pm**

OK guys I've PM'd Biored if I dont hear anything I'll make my first IC posts tomorrow early GMT.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:01 pm**

My character's done... ready for your Grade-A stamp of approval.

BTW - I can leave Biored a PM at my site too to remind him.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:05 pm**

btw - these other threads not belonging to me... per say... should I keep my nose out of them? Or are we ok to read along in others storylines?

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:27 pm**

Noses out at least for the start I think.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:48 pm**

Roger that. Thanks.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:40 am**

I've added some equipment to my character sheet.

Also, since my flight just landed, shouldn't I be in Arrivals rather than Departures?

It's funny, but I was in Heathrow in early May 2008 during a trip to London.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:39 pm**

Mr. Handy wrote:I've added some equipment to my character sheet.

Also, since my flight just landed, shouldn't I be in Arrivals rather than Departures?

It's funny, but I was in Heathrow in early May 2008 during a trip to London.

All worked out don't worry

Kit wise - no camera for the holiday or does she rely on the smart phone?

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:21 pm**

I hope its ok if our talk is more American than British.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:37 pm**

No problems from me.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:48 pm**

BenTheRat wrote:I hope its ok if our talk is more American than British.

Don't worry, its all good.

I'd hate to think you're worrying about how to say something to make it sound more authenticly British than worrying about wether the tentacled monstrosity is going to eat you.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:02 pm**

BenTheRat wrote:I hope its ok if our talk is more American than British.

And me?!

You avoid my Israeli accent English.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:05 pm**

Tentacles? I didn't know they would be serving tentacles on the plane! What a rare treat.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:09 pm**

I wrote a simple list of Equipment - something an ordianry man should bring to the plane.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:13 pm**

I work on the principal of if you really want it and you can justify it, you can have it. Those of you who live in the UK will probably have other stuff at home as well.

Posted: **Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:32 am**

ghill wrote:
Mr. Handy wrote:I've added some equipment to my character sheet.

Also, since my flight just landed, shouldn't I be in Arrivals rather than Departures?

It's funny, but I was in Heathrow in early May 2008 during a trip to London.
All worked out don't worry

Kit wise - no camera for the holiday or does she rely on the smart phone?

There's a digital camera on my list - it's the last item. I had put it there last night. The smartphone can function as a camera, but the digital camera is much better at it.

BenTheRat wrote:I hope its ok if our talk is more American than British.

Like HPL himself, I've always been an Anglophile. I've watched a lot of British TV and movies and read a lot of British fiction, and I've picked up on British spelling and phrases (hence my use of the word "holiday" instead of "vacation"). I welcome the opportunity to unleash my inner Brit, so I'll be using them in my character's speech and thoughts. I don't mind if everyone else speaks American, though.

Posted: **Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:54 am**

royya wrote:
BenTheRat wrote:I hope its ok if our talk is more American than British.
And me?!
You avoid my Israeli accent English.

Having lived not far from Golders Green in London during my student days, I figure your Israeli accent English will probably be about right

Like I said, have fun, please don't worry about how you sound. Clearly somethings don't work in the UK the same way they work in the US or Israel and I may have to pick you up on things if they effect the story, but only then. Please don't worry about how you sound - Just enjoy the game.

Remember, the rule is MGF - Maximum Game Fun.

Posted: **Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:57 am**

Oh and guys, I'm not ignoring your posts. Unfortunately, the setup here is rather convoluted and things as you will see have to go sequentually. Much easier if we could all be around a table eh

Posted: **Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:06 pm**

ghill wrote:
royya wrote:
BenTheRat wrote:I hope its ok if our talk is more American than British.
And me?!
You avoid my Israeli accent English.
Like I said, have fun, please don't worry about how you sound. Clearly some things don't work in the UK the same way they work in the US or Israel and I may have to pick you up on things if they effect the story, but only then. Please don't worry about how you sound - Just enjoy the game.

Sure, I was joking. No sound on the boards.

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:58 pm**

Not sure about you guys, but I think I'm F'd. I think I did everything wrong I possibly could have.

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:09 pm**

I don't think you've done anything wrong, a normal man in abnormal circumstances how are you expected to behave

Your not f'd ...although you haven't spoken to the cops yet.

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:12 pm**

haha, well I was just messing around. Not being able to read the other topics and not knowing whats going on with them makes me nervous.

So guess I was digging a bit to see if everyone else is in the deep s*&^ as much as me.

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:35 pm**

Well, I don't really know what's going on, so you're one up on me there. Of course, I'm not the one carrying around weapons in an airport.

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:53 pm**

Not any more.

Wait is that good thing.

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:58 pm**

Lurking, liking!
Joining?

PM sent...

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:07 pm**

I'm currently being handcuffed and escorted away to my fate... woe-is-me. lol. Guess the cops are busy today.

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:27 pm**

Taking a back seat and watch the Police to their job

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:15 pm**

ok, so I don't feel alone.

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:18 am**

Gents, I'm wondering wether you're finding the current thread a tad confusing? Would it be better for me to split this thread up until your actually acting together?

G

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:26 am**

I'm doing fine. Well versed at play-by-post ... this isn't nearly as confusing as having two separate groups in two separate areas talking about two separate situations.

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:47 am**

I'm fine with it the way it is. It's only the situation that's confusing, but then again it's supposed to be. I know how difficult it can be as a Keeper to have multiple threads describing the same situation from different perspectives (the start of Space Oddity was like that). Keeping them in sync is a nightmare, especially when players are interacting with other PCs, as people will be acting independently before they are aware of what those in the other threads are doing (since they're not allowed to read them). It's better to just keep us in the same thread when we're in the same location.

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:08 pm**

Gents, just an aside but I will do my utmost to only ask for skill roles when success would not otherwise be automatic. On this basis if I ask for a skill check and you are successful, then you can automatically mark the skill on your chracter sheet for an experience check at a later date.

We'll do experience checks between chapters, or where there is a clear period in the story when characters might reflect on their past deeds.

G

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:05 pm**

Sounds great. Not confusing at all, I like whats going on so far. And since I think I've failed every check so far, no need to mark anything.

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:35 pm**

ghill
What about Jacob's personal bag - does he have it with him or not ?

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:41 pm**

I'm thinking my extra clothes, shoes, and bathroom stuff is in my luggage, over France somewhere. But all of my important stuff would have been in my carry-on. I'm sure the police confiscated those for thorough examination. Hope you didn't have any sex toys in there...

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:07 pm**

I checked before the police got me and everything was already gone.

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:43 pm**

Jacob doesn't have his personal bag on him. The police may or may not have it.

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:30 am**

I gather my laptop and suitcase aren't here, but do I still have my smartphone and camera?

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:02 am**

ghill wrote:Jacob doesn't have his personal bag on him. The police may or may not have it.

Darn ... our passports! we can't flee the country

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:58 am**

BenTheRat wrote:Clayton takes a seat while grumbling, "Terrorist act, we are the victims here and you treat us like we're the criminals." He grabs another drink and some more olives.

Read this and LOL'd its the perfect sort of remark coming from a modern young street tough.

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:03 am**

No one has a phone or mobile device, nor will they have cameras. These items are may hold evidence to the planning of a terrorist act and have been (signed for and) removed. Your hand luggage is layed out on the floor in the far corner and several trolleys with suitcases and the like have passed through the lounge to points elsewhere which would imply the police have removed luggage from planes where necessary.

G

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:00 pm**

ghill wrote:No one has a phone or mobile device, nor will they have cameras. These items are may hold evidence to the planning of a terrorist act and have been (signed for and) removed. Your hand luggage is layed out on the floor in the far corner and several trolleys with suitcases and the like have passed through the lounge to points elsewhere which would imply the police have removed luggage from planes where necessary.

How thoughtful. I shall remember to send them a Christmas card from jail.

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:14 pm**

ghill wrote:Read this and LOL'd its the perfect sort of remark coming from a modern young street tough.

Just trying to get into character.

I figured that's how he would act. Been around too many kids. Hahaha. Glad you liked it.

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:40 pm**

I've heard so many of those kids this past week, what with all the riots.

Their logic is um....

Posted: **Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:31 pm**

Gents,

On the basis that forewarned is forearmed there will be a short intermission from tomorrow afternoon (18 Aug, GMT) until Sunday evening as I'll be off walking the Thames path for a bit of a break.

G

Posted: **Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:43 pm**

Stay dry.

Posted: **Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:09 pm**

enjoy.

Posted: **Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:09 pm**

Wow walk into a police interview and the first thing you yanks do is lawyer up. Interrestingly not one of the GB playtesters felt they needed a solicitor until after they'd seen the CCTV footage. Not sure what that says for the US legal system or the poorly placed trust of my British countrymen.

Posted: **Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:33 pm**

We enjoy our liberties.

Posted: **Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:45 pm**

hey, some of us are keeping it real.

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:31 am**

I didn't ask for a solicitor until after seeing the CCTV footage (which in my case wasn't actually incriminating), and it wasn't because of that.

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:29 am**

Oh I'm not saying it was wrong in anyway, it is eminently sensible. It was more the fact the GB players all dociley accepted things as were and allowed themselves to be rather roughly interrogated, under circumstances where any solicitor would have, I believe laughed at the police.

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:26 pm**

For the record, I offered to wave the council if they'd include me in on the investigation ... and they denied me. Bastards. I hope my representation brings them hell.

Posted: **Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:49 am**

When do we roll to try and increase our skills ?
I had some good shots

Posted: **Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:08 pm**

There will be a short intermission when everyone is clear of the airport

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:28 am**

Away again this weeekend guys. I'll pick up again Sunday evening. Feel free to post within your threads.

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:08 am**

Library Use

Gents as I suspect this is going to come up frequently. Here is how I generally handle Library Use

1) Library rolls will always involve a time element from hours to days.
2) The more generalised a search the longer it will take before you get a Library Use roll to see if you come up with something useful.
3) Even a very specific search will take an hour or so, while a more generalised search may take several days or more.
4) More thorough searches will increase the chances of success but also increase time.
5) Less thorough searches will decrease the time but never below a specific threshold and will always make the chance of success more difficult.
6) Multiple people working together on the same research still only get 1x Library Use roll but can either decrease the overall search time or make the search more thorough.

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:32 am**

Hello all just to say Syrinx will be joining the game as Jason Taverner.

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:49 am**

Yes, I´m in... Ehr.. He´s in

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:11 pm**

Syrinx wrote:Yes, I´m in... Ehr.. He´s in

Hi, glad to have you here.

Posted: **Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:42 am**

Welcome, Syrinx!

Posted: **Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:47 am**

fyi - for the next 2-3 weeks I'll be quite busy at work... and that might mean less posting for me. If I'm holding anything up, please feel free to NPC me as necessary.

Posted: **Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:30 pm**

No problems Imp see you soon.

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:50 pm**

Gents,

Feel free to post (or not) any research discoveries you make to the news forum, it'll save time when it comes to bringing one another up to speed.

Giles

Posted: **Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:21 pm**

And I was thinking that the post of Jacob eating bacon was weird. It was supposed to be Jason and Clay and not Jacob and Greg.

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:52 pm**

Hello guys, I´m retiring from my games and want to say thanks for the time lapsed with you.
Have fun and stay alive. The darkness is out there.

/Dave

Posted: **Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:36 pm**

Bye Syrinx.

On another note I haven't heard from either Impintraining or BentheRat or for some time, I'll give them a couple more days then I'll move matters along without them.

Giles

Posted: **Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:26 pm**

Sorry buddy.

I'm in Guam, will be in 'travel mode' until the 8th. Been pretty busy non-stop. But I'll catch up today.

Posted: **Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:03 am**

Been busy as hell. I'll catch up and start posting pretty quick. Sorry for the layoff.

Posted: **Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:52 pm**

I will be offline in the upcoming weekend. NPC me as necessary.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:26 am**

No problem mate. If I don't hear anything from the others soon we'll go on hiatus for a bit.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:54 pm**

I've been back for a while, you're not waiting on me, are you? I was just waiting for them to clear up the whole black market thing.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:18 pm**

I was but only because I thought you might want some kind of weapon other than Clay's flick knife. I'll assume by that comment not

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:48 pm**

Nah, he's a doctor. He doesn't want to hurt anyone if he can help it.

Posted: **Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:56 pm**

Going on vacation from March 24th through March 31st. So if you need to, please feel free to NPC Greg in that time frame. Thanks!

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:15 am**

Hi Guys, I'm not prepared to NPC two players especially at this point, so from the 24th we'll go on a short hiatus while Imp is away on vacation. Imp if you could chime in again when you're ready to restsart that would be great.

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:54 pm**

yeah... sure.

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:02 am**

Ping ... so what's going on ?

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:40 pm**

*shrug*

Posted: **Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:55 am**

Sorry guys, wasn't aware Imp was back from his travels. Play will continue on Monday (16th).

Posted: **Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:29 pm**

ImpInTraining wrote:Going on vacation from March 24th through March 31st. So if you need to, please feel free to NPC Greg in that time frame. Thanks!

Heh... next time I'll do a song and dance when I return.

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:59 pm**

OOC: Recap.

OK Just a quick recap to remind everyone what is going on. Your investigations brought you to an old apparently closed tatoo artists - the shop's window and door are covered in faded newspaper as though business has been closed for several years. The shop is located in the middle of an arcade of shops on a quiete residential street in Ealing, West London.

Greg and Liz tried to gain access to the shop but their efforts were rebuffed by two thugs who were hanging around outside. A walk by by Jacob minutes later aroused no suspicion from the thugs, but obtained no greater insights into the shop or its owners.

Liz has managed to hack into three seperate WiFi enabled CCTV's which give reasonable coverage of the back and front of the shop.

Clay has aquired a variety of weapons for you all.

Posted: **Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:43 am**

In addition to monitoring live feeds of the cameras, I' m also trying to review footage from earlier to see who has been in and out of the shop (and who has gone into the shop and hasn't left yet).

Posted: **Thu May 03, 2012 11:40 pm**

Hi Guys,

Are you waiting on me for something, or has it just been really busy w/RealLife(tm)?

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2012 4:40 am**

I've been busy, but that isn't why I hadn't posted. I hadn't had anything to add at that point. However, I had planned to post tonight to let you know that I was ready to move on since I realized you might have been waiting for a reply.

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2012 9:14 am**

I'm assuming you're now all off to the shop in order to break in, but didn't want to preempt anything vis a vis planning, especially as I suspect some people are not going to be to enthused about breaking the law.

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2012 2:09 pm**

Diplomatic immunity! - Greg says holding up his ID.

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2012 3:40 pm**

Shame you're not a diplomat.

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2012 10:52 pm**

That's the plan. Liz had qualms about breaking the law, but those went out the window once they snatched Elira. What she's done with the cameras is already illegal, but she's covering her tracks (and the others' tracks as well).

Actually, it might be fun to play a diplomat in CoC. I'll have to try that sometime.

Posted: **Sat May 05, 2012 4:45 pm**

Greg has no qualms about breaking the law to save a girl ... but he might have moral issues when it comes to causing harm to others. Kind of against the whole oath thing doctors take so seriously.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2012 4:16 pm**

I was thinking more of Royya's character Jacob Greenberg who is a solicitor and has already quite sensibly veered away from breaking the law.

Anyway gents, you can consider yourselves returned to the arcade of shops, evening is approaching. I awaite with baited breath the cunning/destructive plans you concoct for entering the shop.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2012 5:40 pm**

Drive the car through the window... er... not too obvious, is it?

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2012 8:33 pm**

It would have shock and awe value for sure.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2012 8:53 pm**

Yeah! Like a boss! Make them roll a sanity check for a change!

Posted: **Wed May 09, 2012 6:11 am**

ghill wrote:I was thinking more of Royya's character Jacob Greenberg who is a solicitor and has already quite sensibly veered away from breaking the law.

Anyway gents, you can consider yourselves returned to the arcade of shops, evening is approaching. I awaite with baited breath the cunning/destructive plans you concoct for entering the shop.

Yes, I thought about it, but on the other hand I thought that a good citizen would help someone if he would think that he is in danger and another thing ... this is a game ... if you wanna have fun you'll have to do some crazy stuff.

Posted: **Thu May 10, 2012 8:34 am**

Oh very definitely it would be rather boring if you just sat in the car all the time

I just thought it was cool that Jacob turned down the opportunity to find out info on the basis it was illegal.

Posted: **Tue May 22, 2012 4:09 pm**

Are we going "increase skills" sometime soon?
I've got some marked skills for a long time.

Posted: **Tue May 22, 2012 4:19 pm**

There will be a skill increase bonanza at the end of this section.

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:42 pm**

Heading out to California for some work - not sure how it will effect my gaming. But feel free to NPC me if necessary.

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:18 pm**

Enjoy California (assuming work lets you) - how long do you think you'll be gone?

Mr Handy, would you be prepared to run Greg in Imp's absence? Otherwise it might be better to put the game on hiatus, I don't particularly like the idea of NPC'ing half the party.

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:12 pm**

I'll be out about a week or two. But the place I'm staying should have internet access. I just can't promise to be Johnny-on-the-spot during this time.

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:27 pm**

Then lets go for a slower tempo and I'll only NPC Greg when absolutely necessary.

Posted: **Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:03 pm**

A zombie ?!

Now this game is getting interesting !! *LIKE*

Posted: **Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:53 am**

I'll be away at a convention, leaving mid-afternoon on July 4 and returning the night of July 8 (though I might not be able to post until the night of July 9).

Posted: **Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:15 pm**

Thanks for the heads up. As I doubt Liz will be able to influence matters much and the focus is on Jacob and Greg at the moment I'll run Liz as an NPC for any minor decisions.

Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:25 am**

I updated my post

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:56 pm**

Right guys sorry to be a bore but I'm off to Continuum for the weekend. On monday I'll write up Greg's findings about the house he's been watching.

Posted: **Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:00 pm**

Sorry I disappeared... we sort of had a bit of time out and about this last weekend.

FYI - there was a post on Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:16 pm - where it says Greg said, but I think it should have said Clay said... Greg doesn't strike me as the sort who knows much about tats, or even has one.

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:42 pm**

Gents,

Sorry to be a pain but I'm dissapearing to Pisa for 10 days with effect from Wednesday morning. I doubt I'll have any opportunity to post during that time but you never know.

Anyway, fill yer boots and I'll try to answer any and all posts tomorrow before I head off towards the airport.

Giles

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:18 am**

Have fun.

Posted: **Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:10 pm**

I’m out for a vacation. I will resume full posting in a week from now.

Roy

Posted: **Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:32 am**

Are we finished at the estate agents? Shall I move onto the point where Clay returns or are there other things you wish to do/aquire?

Posted: **Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:26 am**

I was hoping to get a phone number and email from Daniel Gaiman. After I leave, I'll make certain that my phone's voicemail message makes no reference to my first name, since I've given him a false one.

Posted: **Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:27 pm**

FYI - gonna be on a road trip Tuesday through Saturday ... will try to post, but no guarantees.

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:10 pm**

Mr. Handy wrote:I was hoping to get a phone number and email from Daniel Gaiman. After I leave, I'll make certain that my phone's voicemail message makes no reference to my first name, since I've given him a false one.

You can take a business card, but Liz said phone/email if he thought of anything else so there is no automatic reason why he should. Bear in mind that his company didn't have anything to do with the onwards sale of the house, so they wont necessarily know anything about the current owners.

Posted: **Tue Sep 04, 2012 2:54 am**

Okay, I'll take his business card. I did say I wanted to exchange contact information.

Posted: **Tue Sep 04, 2012 2:26 pm**

Mr. Handy wrote:Okay, I'll take his business card. I did say I wanted to exchange contact information.

OK, he has no reason to suspect your motives or story and thus withold the information, so you can consider that done.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:39 pm**

I'm going to be away for a conference in the UK. My internet access will be limited till the 23 September.

Roy

Posted: **Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:37 pm**

FYI - there is a hurricane that is projected to travel right over my head... yay me. So if you don't hear from me for a few days after Sunday night / Monday morning... don't be surprised. They expect to lose some power maybe for up to 3 days. Feel free to NPC Greg as needed.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:59 am**

ImpInTraining wrote:FYI - there is a hurricane that is projected to travel right over my head... yay me. So if you don't hear from me for a few days after Sunday night / Monday morning... don't be surprised. They expect to lose some power maybe for up to 3 days. Feel free to NPC Greg as needed.

Be safe, be strong.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:14 am**

Hey Imp take care and be safe. Where abouts are you at the moment?

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:10 pm**

I'm at the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay ... the eye's coming pretty much right for me.

Thanks ... don't worry though, it's only Cat 1.

Posted: **Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:18 pm**

Soonish we'll be doing skill checks and experience. Can you please ensure that you have checked any skills you have succeeded in, as well as any notable failures (learning by failing is a reasonable route to improvement), also any crits and or specials as I typically allow some kind of benefit to these.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:46 am**

Liz did get a special on a Spot Hidden roll (roll of 7, skill 55%) and she critically failed an Accounting roll (roll of 99, skill 10%). She got a critical success on Library Use (roll of 4, skill 60%). She had several consecutive successes at Computer Use when hacking and editing the CCTV camera video, though none of them were good enough to qualify as a special or a critical.

I'll be away and unable to post November 2-4 and November 9-18.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:09 am**

I'll be away from 2.11 - 8.11 with limited internet access.

Posted: **Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:26 am**

back.

Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:55 pm**

The people whose house you have just broken into are either inocent imigrants in which case are likely to have called the police, or are people who deal in human trafficking and likely violent serial criminals, and likely know you are here, whichever they turn out to be, you cannot sit around.

Posted: **Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:58 am**

I'll be away from 2.12 to 13.12 to the US. I'll have internet access but little time to post. I guess once per few days.

Roy

Posted: **Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:53 pm**

Lets hope we can get the next piece of action out of the way before your trip then.

Posted: **Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:12 am**

Ghill,

Can you please write down the stats of the weapon Jacob is holding.

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:53 pm**

I'll be on a cruise in the Carribean from 6 to 13 January and completely away from all internet access. Please NPC me in that time frame. Thanks!

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:56 pm**

I'll be leaving for a convention on Thursday afternoon and won't be back until Sunday night, though I might not be able to catch up and post until the following night.

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:04 am**

We're very close to the end of Part 1, so we may actually have it wrapped up by Thursday.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:50 pm**

Guys,

This is essentially the end of PT1 (The Girl With Fire in Her Eyes) - I am happy to RP the handover of the children to the father (text book solution well done Mr Handy) ...or alternately I can summarise and you can move directly to experience and should you desire continue to PT2.

Well done for getting this far.

Giles

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:15 am**

Thanks! I'm just glad I was able to remember that far back. I'd prefer to roleplay this, but if the others want to skip ahead, I'm fine with that. I definitely want to continue with the next part. It's been a great game so far!

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:01 pm**

Yeap, we can continue to the next part from my point of view.

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:15 am**

OK Mr Handy feel free to RP the conversation with the Father.

We need to do experience checks.

Remember only one skill check per skill - roll D100 and get over the skill you get +1D10 skill points for that skill
In addition for each fumble with the skill you gain +1 Skill point (I'm of the strong belief we learn from our mistakes)

Everyone gets +D6 SAN for rescuing the girls.

I'm off to investigate the secrets of Morocco next week, so we can start with CH2 when I return on the 9th March.

CH2 will kick off a month or so after the events of CH1. I'd like to know what people have been up to in the intervening time this will also effect character development, depending on what you get up to.

Mr Handy - not sure you can do this, but would you be so kind as to put all the CH1 posts into a separate folder so we can start CH2 afresh

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:39 am**

Accounting (10) increases by 1 to 11 due to fumble
Computer Use (66) increases by 1 to 67
First Aid (55) does not increase
Library Use (60) does not increase
Listen (55) does not increase
Occult (35) increases by 6 to 41
Psychology (30) increases by 2 to 32
Spot Hidden (55) does not increase
Handgun (20) increases by 3 to 23
Shotgun (30) increases by 2 to 32, and by 1 more to 33 due to fumble

Sanity (69) increases by 5

Liz will spend the following month or so finishing up her studies for the semester at Cambridge. The semester and her exams should be over by the middle of May 2008, when the game resumes, giving her free time to continue with whatever happens in Chapter 2.

I've created a Chapter 1 subforum for you, which you wouldn't have been able to do yourself. You can move the Chapter 1 threads into it using the Moderator Control Panel, but I can do that too if you prefer. You may want to wait on moving the threads until we finish wrapping up Chapter 1.

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:53 am**

What is Liz's area of study at Cambridge?

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:08 pm**

Jacob:
San - San increase (1d6=1)
Skills:
Art - Increase Art (1d100,1d10=[4], [5]) - Fail.
Law - Law increase (1d100,1d10=[71], [7]) - Pass +7.
Listen - Listen increase (1d100,1d10=[99], [3]) - Pass +3.
Spot Hidden - Spot Hidden increase (1d100,1d10=[8], [9]) - Fail.
Fist/Punch - Fist/Punch increase (1d100,1d10=[100], [9]) - Pass +9
Handgun - Handgun increase (1d100,1d10=[62], [3]) - Pass +3

So, Sanity is back to normal 70/70 with this 1 point. I can't believe I failed the 5% Art roll ... oh well, at least I raised the other skills quite nicely.

Jacob is going to resume his plans visiting Israel, he definitely needs a vacation and rest for his leg with his family. He will travel to Jerusalem to consult with Rabbies of the mystical Kabala about what happened before he returns to London.

Posted: **Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:55 pm**

Greg:
You forgot to mark First Aid, handgun, dodge, knife, and drive auto.

Posted: **Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:45 am**

I didn't forget, I didn't do it. I don't keep track of your skill checks that's up to you

Posted: **Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:24 am**

Liz is a freshman and hasn't selected a major yet, though I used the Parapsychologist template to build her and she is essentially a parapsychologist in training. This semester she'd be taking courses in subjects such as computer science, history, physics, and/or psychology.

Posted: **Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:18 am**

Guys,

You all have another 10pts to spend on skills to represent what you do over the next couple of months.

Posted: **Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:38 pm**

Oh yeah... that's what I mean, I forgot ...

I'd like to dump mine into dodge if you allow. Just like the idea of staying alive a little longer, ya know?

Posted: **Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:16 pm**

So basically Greg wants to spend every moment of his free time learning wushu? No problem, his sudden comitment raises some questions among his friends, but nothing else. Which raises a further question, is Greg going back to the USA?

Posted: **Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:07 am**

If it seems like the girls have been attended to and there are no more problems to contend with, Greg will make his way back to the USA.

Posted: **Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:34 am**

Liz gains 3 points in Computer Use, 4 points in Physics, and 3 points in Psychology.

Posted: **Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:10 am**

I placed the 10 points in persuade

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:04 am**

Wierd, I was getting 404 Error page when I tried to upload the website for the past week.
Now everything is fine. resuming posting.

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:04 pm**

I'll be off for a quick vacation from Friday. I'll resume posting on Monday
Roy

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:18 am**

Sorry I've disappeared like I did. My father was in critical condition and passed yesterday. I've been a bit busy with family details. I expect to be back to normal by Tuesday or Wednesday.

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:48 pm**

Imp my condolences, I think I speak for everyone when I say no hurry.

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:24 am**

my condolences Imp

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:34 pm**

Thanks ... I'm back now.

Posted: **Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:33 pm**

Invisible castle is down - any one knows about other rollers ?

Posted: **Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:55 am**

You could use the dice roller on Dark and Moody. There's a link in Imp's signature, but it's pointing to the old site, which no longer exists. You'll need to replace the "yabb2" with "dm" to make it work.

Posted: **Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:55 am**

doh... heh... I'll have to fix that.

Posted: **Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:28 pm**

I was going to suggest using the dice button in the reply to do your roll, but that doesn't seem to work any more. Unless there is something else I need to do?

Posted: **Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:21 pm**

Posted: **Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:25 pm**

Dice rolling is a 'forum' option that has to be actioned in the Admin Control Panel. Having said that.... those options didn't work - so I edited the database directly to allow dice rolling. So it works on this game - I'll have to check the MOD to see the edits needed for the ACP options. While this MOd hasn't been abandoned the author doesn't do much work on it.. so it's 'as is'.

Anyways - hope it helps

Posted: **Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:43 pm**

Cheers mate appreciate it.

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:55 am**

The dice rolling is a bit clunky - it relies on a heavily modified BBCode at the core. Rolls are stored in a db table - this is why they can only be seen after posting - as that is when the 'roll' takes place. There's supposed to be math functions included but I've never gotten that to work properly

My suggestion to have things work a little more smoothly is to set up a dedicated topic for dice rolls. Players/Keeper then make their rolls in that thread... with explanations (Character, reason, skill(s) etc). and you link that result in the game thread... YMMV

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:17 pm**

Thanks bud... better than nothing, right?

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:21 pm**

Just to see what the difference is...

Code: Select all

[dice=1d100]test[/dice]
[dice]1d100[/dice]

[dice1d100]test[/dice]
[dice]1[/dice]
[dice]0[/dice]

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:24 pm**

Not sure how the dice= is supposed to work... but FYI - no spoofing on dice rolls. They won't let you replace an old roll with a new one... they just accumulate (like what happened in my last message).

Posted: **Sun May 05, 2013 7:05 pm**

OK, so I'll wait for Greg and Liz to progress.

Posted: **Fri May 10, 2013 10:01 am**

Jacob and Clay can enter any time they want.

G

Posted: **Thu May 23, 2013 1:50 pm**

Guys while I remember I'm spending next week in the peak district for a short break. I may or may not have internet access at some point during the week.

Giles

Posted: **Fri May 24, 2013 3:21 am**

Gonna be on a boat for the 3-day weekend, so don't wait on me.

Posted: **Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:45 pm**

Sorry for the delay in getting back into the saddle, but I came back from the break to a stack of work.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:53 pm**

Imp/Royya

Do you need anything else from me to move this along? I'm just waiting for some kind of confirmation you're going to go and start asking questions at the Archaeology department.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:44 pm**

I'm ready.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:47 pm**

Nothing else from Jacob.

Posted: **Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:58 pm**

I'll be away on vacation through the 29th, and again from the afternoon of July 3rd through the 7th, so I probably won't be able to post during those times.

Posted: **Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:52 am**

Testing the dice roller:
[dice]0[/dice]
OK, nice ...

Have fun Mr. Handy - beware of Radroaches.

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:00 pm**

Sorry guys rather short notice, but I'm off to France for a week. I'll be back on the 29th.

Feel free to continue brainstorming matters in the BSU Bar.

Posted: **Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:49 am**

Royya and Imp as the current thread will likely concentrate on Liz and her IT skills does it make sense to open another thread and have Jacob and Greg investigate the Prof's house?

Posted: **Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:28 am**

Posted: **Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:49 am**

Hey guys, been gone a long time, but I understand Clay is still an NPC. Is it alright if I take him back over?

Posted: **Sat Aug 03, 2013 8:27 am**

Hi BenT,

He's your character so feel free. I suggest reading up the events in the previous chapter - a lot happened in your absence.

Posted: **Sat Aug 03, 2013 8:39 am**

We need an active Clay so welcome aboard.

Posted: **Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:15 pm**

Yea I know, today is a bust, my son's 21st B'day party, but after that, things finally calm down for me. I'll take a couple days to read up and then post something completely inappropriate.

Posted: **Sun Aug 04, 2013 5:18 am**

Welcome back!

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:00 pm**

Don't think I've forgotten you guys, man this is like reading a novel. Almost done with chapter 1, and about to start ch.2. Should be caught up by the weekend.

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:57 pm**

Ok, WOW guys!! This one sure got exciting in the house with the fire vampire, and 4 hostiles. That was impressive that everyone got out alive. Guess I have to thank Handy for saving Clay. Appreciate that. Ch 2 looks like it should be quick to catch up on.

Looks exciting, wish I was here for all of it. Though I think the NPC Clay had a lot more ideas than I would have come up with.

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:01 pm**

I've just played Clay as a small time hood who knows who to ask in order to get things people in the more normal walks of life would have problems getting.

Its always a cash only deal

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:21 am**

BenTheRat wrote:Ok, WOW guys!! This one sure got exciting in the house with the fire vampire, and 4 hostiles. That was impressive that everyone got out alive. Guess I have to thank Handy for saving Clay. Appreciate that. Ch 2 looks like it should be quick to catch up on.

Looks exciting, wish I was here for all of it. Though I think the NPC Clay had a lot more ideas than I would have come up with.

You're welcome. Yeah, that was a tough one! Liz was lucky to not only take down one of the baddies but to kill two fire vampires all by herself, and to get out unscathed (apart from a little smoke inhalation) - and I'd thought of her as a non-combat character!

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:07 pm**

fire vampires ?!
I thought we dealt with an Albanian shaman that knows how to cast some sort of fire spell.

Play@YSDC

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